[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c5.s19.38 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s19.38 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s19.38 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.38) ³¹ Nārada in his \*Smṛti\* repeats Vidura’s discourse almost verbatim. यत्र धर्मो ह्यधर्मेण सत्यं यत्रानृतेन च। हन्यते प्रेक्षमाणानां हतास्तत्र सभासदः।। विद्धो धर्मो ह्यधर्मेण सभां यत्रोपतिष्ठते। न चास्य शल्यं कृन्तन्ति विद्धास्तत्र सभासदः। सभायां न प्रवेष्टव्यं वक्तव्यं वा समज्‍ञसम्। अब्रुवन् विब्रुवन् वाऽपि नरो भवति किल्बिषी। ये तु सभ्याः सभां प्राप्य तूष्णीं ध्यायन्त आसते। यथा प्राप्तं न ब्रुवते सर्वे ते ऽनृतवादिनः।। पादोऽधर्मस्य कर्तारं पादः साक्षिणमृच्छति। पादः सभासदः सर्वान् पादो राजानमृच्छति।। — \*Nāradasmṛti\* III.8-12 - [Previous: c5.s19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.37) - [Next: c5.s19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.39) - [Up: c5.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.38) · Pramāṇa